⁷A KING MANIPULATING THE GAME

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A KING MANIPULATING THE GAME

The manager was sweating cold after the CEO left, making her knees weak.

She made eye contact to four more of her trusted employees and assigned them as the main servant, of the VIP staying above Reesidex.

"You ok?"

The bell boy asked carrying some customers luggages to the parking lot, seeing her pale appearance.

"Yeah I'm good, don't mind me and do your job"

She left the crowd and went inside her office afterwards.

The bellboy just shrugged his shoulders and went off his way.

On the other hand, inside the car Iro and Neil removed their mask and breath a deep relief, that mask that covers their entire face, is like a miasma cutting their oxygen, only showing off half of their lips.

They also loosened their necktie to breath air more comfortably, and Iro witnessing the scenario gives reason why his tigress was crying like a wet chicken the other day.

He thought the Omega he accidentally touched was crying that day because of Wilson his half brother, but turns out it's more than that.

"Neil, investigate Ryo's background thoroughly deeper than his soul, I want to know more than just the basics, and give it to me in less than a day."

"Ha? Who? What!"

Neil almost choked from the water he's drinking like a saviour after checking the flow of their businesses but what he heard from Iro block the water from his throat.

He can't believe Iro was putting so much effort knowing someone and most, an Omega?

"And put three bodyguards to silently watch him without getting notice, please choose someone not attractive, not handsome"

"..."

Three black lines crossed to Neil's forehead, like what kind of requirements was that?

"Find a strong bodyguard that will watch my tigress 24/7"

"Cough cough cough, come again?"

The latter demands was enough to know someone better, but putting bodyguards with heavenly requirements unbeknownst to the other party, gives Neil a bad weather.

Neil can't utter any words, the request was getting heavier, he didn't mean to make a joke about it, but the way Iro replied makes him want to explode from madness.

"Don't you dare asked me to steal his register and abduct him today too, and force him to marry you"

Neil Looking at Iro's bored face, as if telling him, "YES PLEASE DO IT"

"Can't I?" Iro mouthed too.

"Oh shit give me a damn break!"

The ride went silent after Neil said that and he's so thankful at that, Iro was tired to talk anyway, and when they thought the day was over, they're wrong.

Neil had just chosen a good candidate to be an unnoticed bodyguard when the phone rang more than twice.

Nobody answered it, until it stopped ringing but vibrated, signaling a text has just received and that's where Neil pick it up and read the content.

Making Iro's bored face to darkened.

"Damn this so eventful day" Iro said.

"So?"

Neil asked, waiting for instructions.

"Turn the car, of course I need to go home, might as well see what my grandfather had prepared for me"

The driver did not need to be told twice, and make a perfect U-turn with ease.

"Should we wait for you?"

Neil asked.

"No, just go back and I'll find myself a way"

A few distance in a gate that almost reaches the sky, another car was waiting, Reese got in and went inside the slightly open gate.

The car compared to where Iro was in, was too shabby, loud, smokey and old as if one breath from the wind and it will break.

Iro park the car and walk directly towards the door with his hands inside his pocket, servants didn't bow nor greeted him like a real young master, to everyone inside that house, he was just a nobody.

But they dare not disrespect Iro if the old master was home, and seeing how arrogant they act towards him, Iro knew the old man isn't home, it's just his father's showing face, to carry favor.

If only they knew how the old man treat him, will they still think, he can said a few good words for them?

Nothing matters anyway, because Iro is already a king manipulating the game, he just needed the right time to get those two important people away.

And he don't have to asked where everyone was, because the scent of the food guided him in, and welcome or not, he pulled the chair louder as he can.

Making the soundless dinner like a horrific event, he don't have to count to three and dang.

"Where are your manners! You didn't even great your Elders!"

In the Philippines there's a culture called MANO PO, where the younger generation will hold the hand of their elder and tap it to their forehead as a sign of respect but Iro never do anything like that.

Not even when he started schooling same until he grows into adulthood.

"Leave my brother alone"

A soft angelic voice echoed contrast to Iro's table.

Making Iro soft inside, leaning his face to his palm adoring his little mini version.

"Y---

Devi's words were cut off by a hand tapping the table not loud but enough to tell you, to shut up.

The shame was eaten with no refute.

Iro smirk at him full of mockery and took an icing from the desert in the middle of the table with his finger and got up from his seat to tease his blood brother, a thirteen year old teenage boy.

"Papa, brother is bullying my face again, wahhh"

To how stern he defended his big brother, instantly he asked for rescue like a bullied lamb.

"Iro enough teasing your younger brother, you two can go upstairs together and I'll asked a servant to bring the dinner"

"Papa---

Iko was lifted up like a sack hanging to Iro's shoulder, spanking his little baby butt.

"No papa tonight, he can't save you at my mercy"

On the stairs he turned around and shouted from the people left on the table.

"I'm going up with my brother, enjoy the rest of the dinner"

"Hmm" Rowan just nodded his head and continue eating, not minding how the fuming face of Devi was flaming red.

"Papa!"

Iko keeps screaming for help, that echoes through the whole mansion only to be chased by Iro's laughter.

The table which was full of Rowan's favourite dish where Devi poured his all, was left cold and dry in nowhere from the wilderness.

He was so furious on how his efforts were put to vain, when the chair of his husband sounded leaving.

While Wilson was just minding his meal beside him.

Servants doesn't know what to do, Devi was feeling gloomy and stood up, not even touching his portion of food.

"Throw everything away, not a single thing left behind"

Wilson's meal was taken infront of him leaving only the spoon in his hands.

"What? Am still eating!"

Helpless, he stood up and went on his way after Devi left the dinning room running after his husband.

Iro playfully throw his little brother on the bed, and gladly welcome the food coming after them, and shut the door closed.

"Ok, enough with the acting, here you go"

Iko accepted the cake from Iro and eat it to his heart content.

"How's mother doing?"

Iro meets Iko's eyes and their innocent face turned dark, the playfulness were gone, the act is truly gone.

"You're right someone's purposely making mother crazy out of control, so I managed to block all of that, but you know I'm only a teenager going to school and protecting him needs a lot of my time"

"If I missed a day, mother can't recognize me again"

Iro hug him, caressing his back.

"I know, thank you blocking a few, is more than enough, thanks for looking after him, did you manage to have a conversation with mother?"

"Yes, and gradually I can approach him without him going berserk"

They hug each other again and bring back their harmless appearances, Iro wipe the tiny tears away from Iko's eyes.

Ivi was their Enigma Alpha father.

Enigma's unlike any other Alpha's, can impregnate all six genders including Male Beta's and even their own kinds of Enigma, and they can get pregnant too.

They can also hide their second gender and live like a normal Beta's or become an Omega if they wanted.

Enigmas are very few, out of one million population there's only three or five that are alive, they're not hunted like how Omega were, but highly needed.

Especially for society who have Male Beta's as a heir, pairing to Enigma's will surely continue the bloodline.

And they have a specific mark or tattoo behind their ear, a golden snake with red fiery eyes embracing a black thorny rose, that's why Iro's hair was always shoulder length covering the entirety of his left ear.

As for Iko, he's always wearing a skin mask behind his right ear, to hide it after he differentiated as an Enigma at the age of eight.